Cy Woods' Jake Jones tries to bring down Langham Creek's Quartney Davis in the Lobos' 55-31 win Friday at the Berry Center. Langham Creek is 6-0 in district play.

Cy Woods' Jake Jones tries to bring down Langham Creek's Quartney Davis in the Lobos' 55-31 win Friday at the Berry Center. Langham Creek is 6-0 in district play.

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Cy Woods quarterback Nick Hooper stretches for a touchdown against Langham Creek on Friday at the Berry Center. He had a school record 603 yards of total offense.

Cy Woods quarterback Nick Hooper stretches for a touchdown against Langham Creek on Friday at the Berry Center. He had a school record 603 yards of total offense.

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FOOTBALL: Langham Creek bests Cy Woods to remain in 1st

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Naturally after a win over Cy-Fair, the spotlight is brighter on Langham Creek football these days.

Heading into Week 8's game against Cy Woods, Langham Creek head coach Todd Thompson hoped to avoid the distractions that come with being the district's new darling.

"I knew all week this was the perfect time for a letdown really," he said. "Because we came off the big win, everybody's telling us how good we are. We had homecoming this week. We were the KUBE Team of the Week. They came out to practice. Everything kind of set up for us to have a letdown."

No letdown whatsoever. And the Lobos might want to get used to that spotlight.

Langham Creek bested Cy Woods in a 55-31 win Friday at the Berry Center ion 17-6A action, staying undefeated in 17-6A play and in first place with three to play.

The Lobos (6-1, 6-0) took advantage of Cy Woods' three turnovers and outscored the Wildcats (4-3, 4-2) 48-17 since a 14-7 Cy Woods first quarter.

Taking advantage

After a 24-24 halftime score, things changed when Langham Creek started winning the turnover battle.

Langham Creek opened the third with a 25-yard field goal from Joel Scarbrough and its first lead of the night.

On Cy Woods' next drive, a fumble in Langham Creek territory gave the Lobos the ball back. It led to a seven-play, 85-yard drive ending in Paul Watson's 9-yard touchdown pass to Trelen Norton.

That gave Langham Creek a 34-24 lead with 3:36 left in the third and some much needed momentum.

It wasn't long ago Cy Woods started this game with a 14-0 lead.

"That was so early," Thompson said. "When knew they were explosive like that. We made a mistake or two and gave them scores early. We knew that we were going to score points. At some point, we were going to have to get some stops and force them into a mistake."

Langham continues rolling

The only second half score for Cy Woods was a quick response after Norton's touchdown. Nick Hooper finished the drive with an 11-yard touchdown run.

But Langham Creek just needed one play to create more distance. On the first play of the next drive, Watson's 75-yard touchdown pass escaped Cy Woods defenders and found Quartney Davis, who had nothing but open field in front of him for the score.

Cy Woods' next drive ended in a turnover on downs. Langham Creek took advantage with a 12-play, 75-yard drive ending in a 1-yard score for Watson and a 48-31 lead with 8:30 left in the game.

The next sequence proved that it was just Langham Creek's kind of night. Jordan Murray nabbed an interception for the Lobos on the next drive, but Langham Creek fumble the ball back to Cy Woods on the next play.

Cy Woods fumbled the ball back to Langham Creek on the play after that. Keith Batista's hit on Hooper jarred the ball loose and the Langham Creek safety picked it up.

Three turnovers in three plays, but Cy Woods felt the damage. Langham's Toneil Carter ripped off a 78-yard touchdown run after that.

"We can't expect our offense to always outscored everybody," Cy Woods head coach Trent Faith said. "That's putting a lot of pressure on our offense. We have to play better defense as well."

Offense aplenty

As expected, these two teams didn't let up on offense. Langham Creek and Cy Woods combined for 1,366 total yards of offense.

Hooper's statline is impressive, despite the loss. He completed 27 of 37 passes for 448 yards and two touchdowns with an interception. He also had 22 carries for 155 yards and two scores. His 603 total yards is a school record.

On the Langham side, Watson completed 17 of 24 passes for 378 yards and four touchdowns. Norton caught six passes for 109 yards and two touchdowns and Davis had 3 for 140 and two scores.

Carter had 22 carries for 228 yards and one touchdown.

Probably more meaningful than any stat for Norton, though, is the fact his team's goal is coming to fruition.

"A lot of people have been doubting us," he said. "We knew all along we're the team to beat. We're the best team in this district. When it comes to game time, we're going to show up and do what we have to do."